365 Days (29 page)

So, another day, another year! What a year it’s been! 365 days of fun, angst, excitement, nervousness, sofas, and LOVE! I went out with a boy for all of three weeks, got over my J obsession, had my best friend tell me she fancied me and…I was lucky enough to fall in love with the most perfect, lovely, funny, beautiful girl in all the world. Who’d have thought it, hey?

It seems crazy to me that just a year ago I was so unhappy and so confused about who I was, confused about my feelings for J, confused about who I wanted to be, or who I
thought
I ought to be. A year later and here I am. So I finally accepted that I’m gay (and boy, didn’t I take my time coming to THAT conclusion??!!) and now I’ve admitted that to myself, and actually
fallen in love
,
I feel happier and more settled than I’ve ever been.

And who’d have guessed just a year ago that I would have ended up so complete? That this gorgeous Goth—sorry, EMO—who loves me as much as I love her would walk into my life, turn it upside down and yet make it so perfect and complete? Life’s just wonderful and it’s all down to that one girl…

I’m going over to Han’s this afternoon. She says she’s going to buy me something special to celebrate the New Year, and to celebrate our love for each other.

OMG! I hope it’s not a tattoo!!!

KE Payne was born in Bath (the English city, not the tub), and after leaving school she worked for the British government for fifteen years, which probably sounds a lot more exciting than it really was.

Fed up with spending her days moving paperwork around her desk and making models of the Taj Mahal out of paperclips, she packed it all in to go to university in Bristol and graduated as a mature student in 2006 with a degree in linguistics and history.

After graduating, she worked at a university in the Midlands for a while, again moving all that paperwork around, before finally leaving to embark on her dream career as a writer.

She moved to the idyllic English countryside in 2007 where she now lives and works happily surrounded by dogs and guinea pigs..

365 Days
by K.E. Payne. Life sucks when you’re seventeen years old and confused about your sexuality, and the girl of your dreams doesn’t even know you exist. Then in walks sexy new emo girl, Hannah Harrison. Clemmie Atkins has exactly 365 days to discover herself, and she’s going to have a blast doing it! (978-1-60282-540-6)

Cursebusters!
by Julie Smith. Budding-psychic Reeno is the most accomplished teenage burglar in California, but one tiny screw-up and poof!—she’s sentenced to Bad Girl School. And that isn’t even her worst problem. Her sister Haley’s dying of an illness no one can diagnose, and now she can’t even help. (978- 1-60282-559-8)

Who I Am
by M.L. Rice. Devin Kelly’s senior year is a disaster. She’s in a new school in a new town, and the school bully is making her life miserable—but then she meets his sister Melanie and realizes her feelings for her are more than platonic. (978-1- 60282-231-3)

Sleeping Angel
by Greg Herren. Eric Matthews survives a terrible car accident only to find out everyone in town thinks he’s a murderer—and he has to clear his name even though he has no memories of what happened. (978-1-60282-214-6)

Mesmerized
by David-Matthew Barnes. Through her close friendship with Brodie and Lance, Serena Albright learns about the many forms of love and finds comfort for the grief and guilt she feels over the brutal death of her older brother, the victim of a hate crime. (978-1-60282-191-0)

The Perfect Family
by Kathryn Shay. A mother and her gay son stand hand in hand as the storms of change engulf their perfect family and the life they knew. (978-1-60282-181-1)

Father Knows Best
by Lynda Sandoval. High school juniors and best friends Lila Moreno, Meryl Morganstern, and Caressa Thibodoux plan to make the most of the summer before senior year. What they discover that amazing summer about girl power, growing up, and trusting friends and family more than prepares them to tackle that all-important senior year! (978-1-60282-147- 7)